Mercury Popularity by Year
Follow Mercury across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Mercury birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 10 | #7,679 | Up 86 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 10 | #7,765 | Down 2,099 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 16 | #5,666 | Up 481 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 16 | #6,922 | Up 709 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 14 | #6,147 | Down 371 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 14 | #7,631 | Up 1,347 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 15 | #5,776 | Up 6,246 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 11 | #8,978 | Down 1,766 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 5 | #12,022 | Down 3,807 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 15 | #7,212 | Up 4,144 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 9 | #8,215 | Down 61 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 8 | #11,356 | Up 71 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 9 | #8,154 | Down 1,059 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 8 | #11,427 | Up 4,475 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 11 | #7,095 | Up 5,090 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 5 | #15,902 | Down 1,571 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 4,145 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 6 | #14,331 | Up 2,088 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 9 | #8,040 | Up 1,602 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 5 | #16,419 | Down 1,177 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 7 | #9,642 | Up 2,632 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | Down 2,581 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 7 | #9,693 | Up 2,798 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 5 | #12,491 | Down 1,829 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 6 | #15,242 | — |
| 2006 | Boys | 6 | #10,662 | Down 106 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 5 | #10,556 | Down 4,026 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 9 | #6,530 | Up 1,030 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Up 232 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 6 | #7,792 | Down 22 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 6 | #7,770 | Down 3,461 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 7 | #4,309 | Up 325 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 6 | #4,634 | Down 1,621 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 11 | #3,013 | Up 1,428 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | — |